Gallipoli Zahn’s lesson never to forget Anzacs
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
IT was the quietness of the confined battlefields that struck Zahn Gane most as he walked slowly across the tiny beach...
Shirley keeps great-uncle’s memory alive
By MICHELLE HERBISON
GEORGE Wilfred Stewart was just nine days off his 24th birthday when he was killed in the Third Battle of Ypres, France,...
20th swap meet to proceed on a Black day
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
THE members of Western District Historic Car Club will miss one of their own when a 20th annual Geelong Bay City...
A day for Ern to remember
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
AT 93, Geelong’s Rat of Tobruk, Ern Brough, is still full of war-time stories and loves a good laugh.
But the jollity...
Torquay RSL looks forward to Anzac Day at home
By CHERIE DONNELLAN
ANZAC Day commemorates the past but this year Torquay Returned and Services League president Kevin Egan is looking to the future.
Mr Egan...
Grovedale station car parks criticised
State Government had misled Grovedale residents about the number of car parks at the suburbs new station, according to City of Greater Geelong Transport...
Buckets & Bouquets
BUCKETS to all the dog droppings in St Leonards, especially in the lane between Dudley Pde and Murradoc Rd. I am tired to trying...
Singer’s beaut ute
By MICHELLE HERBISON
AUSTRALIAN country music idol Lee Kernaghan’s Geelong gigs draw the “finest array” of utes and 4WDs to venues’ car parks.
“I think Geelong...
Get ‘smarts’ India
By MICHELLE HERBISON
MELBOURNE indie rock band British India is heading to Geelong following last month’s release of their fourth album Controller.
The band’s 18 May...
Uni students engineering advantage at Paralympics
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
DEAKIN University engineering students have used carbon fibre components and rapid prototyping to help Australian athletes compete for gold at the...
JOIN THE CLUB: In for a service
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
EX-SERVICEMEN and women can be a strange breed, admits RSL Geelong sub-branch president Alan Frisby with a laugh.
“They are all like-minded,...
Geelong retail giant faces legal action on ‘fake’ cosmetics: Target blames mess on Puppy
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
GEELONG retailer Target is taking legal action in the United States to force suppliers to reveal the source of allegedly fake...
Regional news is the Canary in the Coal Mine
This week, I step up as President of Country Press Australia (CPA), ostensibly to represent the best interests of independent regional newspaper publishers. But...
